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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[July 1, 1S67. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All communications relative to advertisements, post-office 

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 with our acceptance of that term ; nor can we answer 

 queries which might be solved by the correspondent by an 

 appeal to any elementary book on the subject. We are 

 always prepared to accept queries of a critical nature, and 

 to publish the replies, provided some of our readers, besides 

 the querist, are likely to be interested in them. We 

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 Neither can we promise to refer to or return any manu- 

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 Address No. 192, Piccadii.lv, London, W. 



G. E. F.— Only by moisture can you relax your specimens. 

 Have you tried keeping the leg joints enveloped in wet 

 bandages for a week or more ? 



E. T. S.— The fresh water species of Coeconeis are mostly 

 more or less striated. See Pritchard's last edition. 



Zoophyte Clip.— The Clip for Zoophyte trough figured at 

 pp. 105, is sold at one shilling by J. A. Pumphrey, Birming- 

 ham. 



J. G. B.— If, from any cause, the teeth of a rodent (as a 

 rabbit) cease to meet, and thus wear away at the ratio of 

 their growth, they will in time attain the length indicated in 

 your sketch. Many similar instances are on record. 



Errata. — At p. 142, line 15 for " camels," read " carpels," 

 line 40, 41, for " zoolitic," read " zeolitic." 



G. B. — It is impossible to say, without seeing the specimen, 

 what your plant is, which, though only half an inch in height, 

 has root, stem, and flower. It may be Cicendia Jiliformis, or it 

 may be something else. We have a specimen of Aster 

 trifolium in flower that does not exceed one inch in height. — 

 M. T. M. 



F. G. B. — It is Alchemilla vulgaris. 



' A. A. — We cannot tell. Apply to the publisher or author. 



G. A. W. — The bees forwarded are Andrena albicrus. — F. W. 

 E. J.— See Science-Gossip for I860, p. 260, "Wanted to 



kill." 



W. F. P.— Ihe water wagtail often select-* an equally 

 eccentric spot for its nest, such as woodstack, a pile of stories, 

 or an old wall. 



A. M. D.— The publishers of the Rev. F. O. Morris's Cata- 

 logue of British Insects are Messrs. Longmans, London. 



W. M. C. — British moths and their transformations was 

 published bv Professor Westwood, uniform with his volume 

 of " British Butterflies." 



J. H. (Devizes). — Epipactis grandiflora. 



C. H.— Nave's Handybook will be out in a few days. 



J. S. S. will probably find all the information he requires in 

 the " Handy-book to the Collection of Cryptogamia," which 

 will shortly be published by Mr. Robert Hardwicke. 



A. M. E. — We have seen many such albinos. 



G. G. — The name " Horse mushroom " is usually applied 

 to Agaricus pratensis, a large species, employed for ketchup. 

 In our opinion it is equal to the " Mushroom" cooked any 

 way, and therefore we always eat them when we can get 

 them. 



J. W. W.— See " Bechstein's Cage-Birds." The Blackcap 

 has been kept in confinement. 



T. L.— Clearly not a gall, but probably a species of Coccus. 



G. B. — We should think your Alga is a very young state of 

 Desmareslia aculeata, although unbranched. 



B. D. J. — Yes, it is Carex axillaris. 



T. S. K. — No. 11, Hypnum cupressiforme. No. 12, Metz- 

 geria furcata. — R. B. 



W. R. — No. 1, Thamnium ulopecurum. — /{. B. 



T. Howse. — No. 2, Milium rostra turn. — It. B. 



J. C. D. — No. 2, Mnium undulatum. — R. B. 



W. D. R. — The beetle is Anchometrus prusinus. — J. 0. W. 



H. H. — We cannot see how we could follow your sugges- 

 tion, neither do we think it would be generally approved if we 

 could. 



T. C. — Potamogeton pusillus. 



W. G. — The bee is Andrena Trimmerana, a species common 

 about London. — F. W. 



Witham's Books. — Mr. John Butterworth may procure 

 either of Witham's works of Mr. E. D. Suter, 32, Cheapside, 

 London. 



A. (Dartmouth). — No. 3, Plumularia falcata. No. 6, 

 Sertuluriu abietina ; both common. — E. C. 



A. W. — A species of Amelanchier .— W. C. 



C. D. H— It is Thlaspi ulpestre.— W. C. 



J. R. W. — No. 3. Luzula campestris. — W. C. 



EXCHANGES. 



British and Forrign Diatomace^e. — Twelve first-rat 

 slides for the same number of good Entomological or Ana. 

 tomical slides. — B. Taylor, 57, Lowther-street, Whitehaven. 



Asparagus Beetles wanted for good microscopic objects. 

 — J. H. M., 78, Week-street, Maidstone. 



Brvum Turbinatum in fine condition for other good 

 mosses.— R. G., 42, William-street, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Rare British Ferns for others, or dried fronds of the 

 same.— Send list to J. E. M. Woodfield, Stoney-lane, 

 Birmingham. 



Gold Fish Scales for other objects. For Tike scales, 

 send stamped envelope to F. S., Post Office, Rugeley, Stafford- 

 shire. 



Orthosira Arenaria, and Eupodiscus, from Melbourne 

 (mounted), for diatomaceous earth, or other material.— W. S. 

 Kent, 56, Queen's-road, Notting Hill. 



Fatty Acids mounted for good polariscopic objects, 

 mounted or unmounted.— J. P., Abbotsbury, Dorchester. 



Barbadoes Earth, shells from (mounted), for other 

 mounted objects.— E. Histed, 3, Great Bourne-street, 

 Hastings. 



Rare British Birds' Eggs for rare British Lepidoptera. — 

 W. M. Cole, 93, St. Helen's-street, Ipswich. 



Mounted Objects in exchange for others.— Send lists to 

 W. Fletcher, Grammar School, Bromsgrove. 



Planorbis Glaber and Cluusilia laminuta var. albida, for 

 foreign land shells, or British vertigos.— W. Nelson, Alma- 

 place, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. 



Monmouth Deposit.— A good mounted slide of British 

 Diatoms will still insure a portion of this deposit if sent to 

 E. C. B., care of the Editor of Science-Gossip. 



Fossils or minerals from the limestone, for fossils or 

 minerals from any other formation.— W. Potter, Jun., Mat- 

 lock Bath, Derbyshire. 



Cyphus Germarii. — C. imperiulis, S. orbicularis diatoms, 

 &c. (mounted), for good objects.— Send list to T. Forshaw, 

 Bowdou, Cheshire. 



Spicules of Spongilla lacustris (mounted) for good mounted 

 Diatoms. — H. R., 150, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C. 



Palmate Newts for Edible frogs, lizards, or crayfish, as 

 may be arranged.— J. B., Box 22, Post Office, Gla-gow. 



Fossils from Chalk or Limpet's tongues for other fossils 

 or fronds of British Ferns.— J. Stanley, Harold-road, New- 

 town, Margate. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



'■An Index to Mineralogy," by T. Allison Redwin, F.G.S., 

 &c. London : E. & F. N. Spon. IS67. 



" A Fern-book for Everybody," by M. C. Cooke. London : 

 Frederick Warne & Co. I867. 



"The Technologist." No. XI. New Series, June, 1S07. 

 London : Kent & Co. 



"The Fourth Annual Report of the Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club. 1866-7. 



" Naturalist's Note Book." Nos. I to VI. January to June. 

 I867. 



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